Come On, Leathernecks!
The father of a star football player at Annapolis wants his son to follow the family pattern and join the Marines.
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Title: Come On, Leathernecks! Summary: The father of a star football player at Annapolis wants his son to follow the family pattern and join the Marines. Directed by: James Cruze Actors: Richard Cromwell, Marsha Hunt, Edward Brophy Production Company: Republic Pictures (I) Release Date: 8 August 1938 (USA) Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1 Jimmy Butler, the star-quarterback on the football team for the U. S. Naval Academy has no intention of following his father, a career Marine officer, into the service following graduation. He has already signed a contract with "Curly" Maxwell to play professional football. But Marine Lieutenant Henry Dolan, an aide to Colonel Butler, tricks Jimmy into going to the San Diego Marine Base to tell his father he plans to resign his commission. But Colonel Butler is on temporary duty on a Philippine island in the pursuit of a gun-running gang of smugglers. Which, through more trickery by Dolan, is where the newly-commissioned Lt. Jimmy Dolan ends up.
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- Director
- James Cruze
- Starring
- Richard Cromwell, Marsha Hunt, Edward Brophy, Leon Ames, Bruce MacFarlane, Robert Warwick, Howard Hickman, James Bush
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